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Merry Christmas, Sergeant Edge

7th January 2024 Blown Periphery 1537 Comments

Edge knew that he was coming down with something. His head felt muggy and the back of his throat and soft palate felt enlarged and spongy. He had been unable to clear his left ear, [more…]

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No one is attacking me

7th January 2024 Going Postal 2657 Comments

Odysseus, when asked his name by Polyphemus, famously retorted ‘Outis’ – ‘no-one’, or ‘nobody’; thus, when the drunk Cyclops was having his eye gouged out by Odysseus and co., his call for help from his [more…]

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A Murder-Mystery of note?

3rd January 2024 Going Postal 2210 Comments

In 1910, seven men gathered on Jekyll Island, off the coast of Georgia, USA, to plot the establishment of the Federal Reserve Bank, in order to wrest control of money creation from the US government [more…]

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Report From Israel, 1957 – Part Three

2nd January 2024 Going Postal 2450 Comments

In 1957 my uncle, John Alldridge visited Israel for the Birmingham Mail. This is the third of his reports. – Jerry F The first you see of it is a row of whitewashed oil drums, [more…]

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Tales From The Alarm Industry Hong Kong Special

30th December 2023 Going Postal 2299 Comments

I hadn’t intended to write about my trip to Hong Kong and subsequent work but here it is. I hope you find it interesting. Having finished with the alarm company on Friday, I was due [more…]

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P’tang yang Kipperbang

28th December 2023 rattuscatchus 2403 Comments

This was one of the earliest films shown on Channel 4. It was broadcast on the channel’s 2nd evening on 3rd November 1982 as part of the “First Love” series – please bear with me! [more…]

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Christmas With Admiral Peabody

27th December 2023 Doc Mike Finnley 1965 Comments

Introduction Well everyone, we’re rapidly approaching a new year as the winter months close in. I hope your 2023 has been better than mine. Let’s lighten the mood at least a little. I thought I’d [more…]

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Can You Keep a Secret?

27th December 2023 Novak and Goode 2229 Comments

I would like, if I may, to share a secret with you, after all I am sure you can all keep a confidence. As I have mentioned before I have been travelling to Central Europe [more…]

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Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer

26th December 2023 DH 1998 Comments

The haggard, ruddy-faced detective sighed heavily as he groped across the table for the tape machine. He hit a button and began speaking in the weary, nicotine-and-vodka drenched tones of a man resigned to keeling [more…]

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